Sadik Ahmed is an award winning Director/Cinematographer.

Education and career

Sadik was born in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

, came to England as a child and was brought up in London. He studied Fine Art

Fine art

Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....

 at Central St Martins School of Art

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The school has an outstanding international reputation, and is considered one of the world's leading art and design institutions...

, before coming to the National Film and Television School

National Film and Television School

The National Film and Television School was established in 1971 and is based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, and it is located close to Pinewood Studios.-History:...

 to study his MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 Cinematography

Cinematography

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. As his graduation film he made ‘'Tanju Miah'’, a National Lottery

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 funded short which won Best Factual Film at the Royal Television Society Student Television Awards in 2007, a Kodak cinematography award as well as being runner up in the best new comer category at the Grierson Awards

Grierson Awards

The Grierson Awards celebrate innovative and exciting new documentary films. The awards have been set up by The Grierson Trust to commemorate the life and work of world renowned Documentary Filmmaker John Grierson. The awards were first set-up in 1972 and have run annually...

 2006, TCM classic shorts

TCM Classic Shorts Film Competition

- 2006 :- 2005 :- 2004 :- 2003 :- 2002 :- 2001 :- 2000 :...

, Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...

 - award, amongst others .

The film went onto tour both Sundance

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

 and Toronto Film Festival amongst others. Sadik simultaneously also working as a sole cinematographer (apart from his dual Director/Dop role) won another Kodak cinematography award that year for a Kodak commercial he shot as Cinematographer.

Sadik’s career has since then propelled him as Director/Cinematographer – he went on to direct and shoot a promo for Talvin Singh

Talvin Singh

Talvin Singh Matharoo , is a producer and composer and tabla player, known for creating an innovative fusion of Indian classical music and drum and bass...

 and quickly moved into his debut feature film production, a western set in the subcontinent ‘The Last Thakur

The Last Thakur

The Last Thakur is a British-Bangladeshi western film directed by Sadik Ahmed. A lone gun-man enters a typical Bangladeshi town to find his identity and take revenge on the person who raped his mother during the war...

’ in 2007 – a Channel 4

Channel 4

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 co - production with Artificial Eye

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 as the distributor.

The film was received well by critics and Sight and Sound magazine named The Last Thakur “one of the most confident British debut features since Asif Kapadia

Asif Kapadia

Asif Kapadia is a British filmmaker of Indian descent. He directed several award-winning films, including The Sheep Thief , winner of the 2nd Prize Cinéfondation for Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, The Warrior , which won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film and Senna , winner of the...

’s The Warrior

The Warrior

The Warrior is a 2001 film by British-Indian filmmaker Asif Kapadia. It stars Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan as Lafcadia, a warrior in feudal Rajasthan who attempts to give up the sword....

 (2001)… with which it shares an Asian location and language and a welcome belief in the primacy of visual storytelling”. An article about it also appeared in the Guardian

The film opened to a sell screenings at the London Film Festival

London Film Festival

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 and then went onto to tour Dubai

Dubai International Film Festival

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, Mumbai

Mumbai International Film Festival

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, New York

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 amongst others and finally had its theatrical release here in the UK.

In January 2010, Sadik was nominated for a Cinematography Fellowship Award by the Arts Council

Arts Council England

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.

Sadik has since then signed into his second feature film – an urban cop film set in the modern subcontinent.

Filmography

Year	Title	Credits
2006	Oxford Circus (short)	cinematographer
2006	Londres-London (short)	cinematographer
2007	Tanju Miah (short)	cinematographer, director, producer
2007	Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness	cinematographer
2007	Aisha and Nadeem (short)	cinematographer
2007	Night Junkies	cinematographer
2008	The Chauffeur's Hat (short)	special thanks
2008	The Last Thakur The Last Thakur The Last Thakur is a British-Bangladeshi western film directed by Sadik Ahmed. A lone gun-man enters a typical Bangladeshi town to find his identity and take revenge on the person who raped his mother during the war...	cinematographer, director, writer